In objection, Mariano raised his voice at the resumption of the Commission on Appointments’ (CA) deliberations on his appointment to the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in denying that he was involved in the burning of the facilities owned by the Lapanday Foods Corporation (LFC) last April.

Occidental Mindoro Representative Josephine Ramirez Sato in the third hearing of the CA committee on agrarian reform Wednesday brought up a joint resolution from the Regional Development Council and Regional Peace and Order Council of Region 11 opposing his confirmation as DAR secretary on ground that he had links to the Lapanday incidents.